2020-03-05 Thu

The United States of America had issued this commemorative one dollar coin with the theme of Native Americans in the year 2013. This one dollar was issued by the United States of America to commemorate the Delaware Treaty of 1778.

When the United States of America was fighting to become the first nation, they were also trying to make treaties with the Native American Tribe. In the year 1778, the treaty with the Delaware Indians was signed, this was the first treaty that was written and signed on both sides.

Later; when the United States of America created its own constitution in 1789; it specifies that the trade with the Native American tribe will be treated equally to the foreign government. Some people debated the legal theory behind this relationship. Later, in the year 1832 Chief Justice John Marshall declares tribes to be dependent nations, not foreign nations. This made the Tribe of the Native American equal to the State government.

On September 17, 1778; the treaty of Delawares took place at Fort Pitt; this mutual defense treaty allowed the troops of America to pass through the Delawares’ land to attack the British fort at Detroit, Michigan. This treaty is also known as the Delaware Nation’s sovereignty. The treaty also offered significant insight into the later process of incorporating tribes into the federal system. This right to govern themselves by Delawares’, gave them the option of joining other tribes in the Ohio region to form a state. This statehood opinion was never put into action and the first step is recognizing tribes as part of the U.S. confederation.

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